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When the Frog Lifts

Type: 
Rock
Reference: 
FL
Pitch(es): 
#EwbankAlpine (Technical)Alpine (Commitment)Alpine (Mt Cook)AidWater IceMixedBoulder (Hueco)LengthBoltsTrad
11780mYes
 

Yup, frog. Two good pitches on the compact orange rock of the upper wall. Accessed by abseil.

Grade: 
17
Quality: 
1.02
Gone: 
0
Length: 
80m
Bolts: 
0
Natural pro: 
1
Ascent: 
Fiona Bowie, Richard Thomson, 1987
UUID: 
4d4d9f1c-2773-4478-8c39-6946d37d6735

Comments

Submitted by Peter Dickson on Mon, 18/08/2014 - 20:19

The published guide books over the last 25 years have this route described as 'When the Fog Lifts' which makes more sense than this name.

Submitted by Richard Thomson on Sat, 23/08/2014 - 17:42

And the published guidebooks, with the exception of the 2010 Canterbury Westland Alps guide (see p74), were wrong.